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ICC World Cup: Need to put pressure for longer time - Netherland's Merwe

New Zealand will take on the Netherlands on Monday at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. NZ won their first WC match against defending champions England by nine wickets.

Cricket World Cup 2023: 'Virat told me to play like Test cricket' - Rahul

Rahul and Kohli's composed partnership played a crucial role in India's win at Chennai's Chepauk stadium.

Mitchell Starc becomes quickest to take 50 wickets in ICC World Cup

The pacer accomplished this milestone during India's ICC Cricket World Cup campaign opener against Australia in Chennai.

Cricket World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli shatters Sachin Tendulkar record

In the 27 ODI World Cups, Virat has scored 1,115 runs at an average of 48.47 and a strike rate of above 85

Cricket World Cup 2023: Rahul's golden run as middle-order batter continues

Before his return from injury during the Asia Cup, KL was written off by many as a player who just could not play under pressure and nerves got better of him

Cricket World Cup 2023: Not ideal to drop Virat Kohli's catch - Pat Cummins

An icey and calm partnership between Virat Kohli and KL Rahul helped India manage to secure a six-wicket victory over Australia at Chennai's Chepauk stadium

World Cup 2023: Rohit hints changes in Playing 11 ahead of Afghanistan game

Rohit Sharma on Sunday admitted that the biggest challenge in front of his side would be to play in different conditions over the course of the World Cup, and the Indian captain did not rule out making changes in team combinations to suit the demands of a particular venue. However, Rohit heaved a sigh of relief after India recovered from a precarious 2/3 to beat Australia by six wickets and begin their campaign in the showpiece on a positive note. "That will be the biggest challenge moving forward because we will play in different conditions. (We) might have to change combinations too and as a team we are prepared to do that," said Rohit during the post-match presentation. Rohit was particularly pleased with the team's fielding. "Good feeling to come out on top. Magnificent, especially the fielding. The fielding was something we really put our effort on. It was a great effort. "In conditions like this it can be tough sometimes. We knew there would be assistance for everyone. Seame

World Cup 2023 IND vs AUS Highlights: Kohli, Rahul take India to famous win

India vs Australia Highlights, ODI World Cup 2023: KL Rahul unbeaten 97 and Virat Kohli 84 starred with bat while Ravindra Jadeja took 3/28 as India beat Australia by four wickets to get off the mark

World Cup 2023 IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli breaks record without even batting

Virat Kohli went past Anil Kumble to become the number one Indian non-wicketkeeper catcher in World Cup history. He has 15 catches from 27 matches

Cricket World Cup 2023: Australia, Cummins wary of Indian spin challenge

Australian captain Pat Cummins said negating Indian spinners on a Chepauk pitch that is expected to offer turn and grip in plenty would be the biggest challenge for his batters in their World Cup opener here on Sunday. India could be fielding three spinners in Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin against the Aussies. They're a good bowling line-up, especially in home conditions. So, they're going to be challenging, Cummins said in the pre-match press conference here on Saturday. However, Cummins hoped that past experience of playing against the Indian spinners would stand them in good stead. The good thing is that we've played them a lot. So, our batters will have their own plans. We've had success against them a few times. They've bowled well against us a few times as well, said Cummins. Cummins also banked on the IPL experience of some Australian players to come up trumps against the tweakers. It's a ground (MA Chidambaram) we've played quite often. It feels l

ICC World Cup BAN vs AFG: Shakib happy with allrounders' effort in easy win

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan is happy with the overall performance of his side in the six-wicket win over Afghanistan in their World Cup opener and is delighted with the contributions of the all-rounders in the cause. Opting to bowl, Bangladesh bowlers put up an impressive performance, bowling out Afghanistan for 156. Mehidy Hasan Miraz (57) and Najmul Hossain Shanto (59 not out) then struck respective half-centuries to take Bangladesh over the line as they finished at 158 for four in 34.4 overs, winning with more than 15 overs to spare. Despite the comfortable win, by his own admission Shakib wasn't happy with the start but appreciated the contribution of all-rounders in the victory. "We didn't get the start we wanted, everyone believed once we get a wicket, we could get more (quickly). It wasn't easy but I am very happy the way we bowled," he said after the easy win. "We have been training really hard in the last few days and we didn't want to make any excuse that the grou

CWC 2023, SA vs SL: South Africa record highest World Cup total, hit 428/5

Records galore as South Africa recorded the highest World Cup total of 428/5 while Aiden Markram hit the fastest World Cup century in just 49 balls

ICC World Cup: Stoinis' fitness in spotlight, Australia sweat on playing 11

Australian captain Pat Cummins said the team management is keeping a close watch on the fitness of all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who has picked up a hamstring injury, ahead of their World Cup match against India here on Sunday. Cummins said Stoinis would be put through his paces in the next few hours before taking a final call on the Western Australian cricketer. "We'll announce a team tomorrow at the toss. Stoinis, yeah, still touch and go. He's going to have a run out soon, but probably up against it. He's got to jump through a few hoops. Yeah, we'll see," said Cummins on Saturday during his pre-match press meet. However, Cummins was not really perturbed because his side has a wonderful array of all-rounders who can step in for Stoinis. "I think in one-day cricket more than any other formats you need all-rounders -- you've got to try and find 50 overs. "So, we feel really blessed to have people like Cam (Cameron) Green, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell in the side. They're like gold. It

CWC 2023, SA vs SL: Proteas open campaign with win in high-scoring match

Three centuries and an equal number of half-centuries were scored as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 102 runs after 754 runs were scored by both teams at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi

ICC World Cup: Facilitating visas for Pakistan media BCCI's duty, says ICC

The BCCI is working hard on procuring visas for the Pakistani journalists waiting to travel to India for the World Cup, the International Cricket Council said after PCB expressed its disappointment again over the delay in visa clearance for its fans and media. Around 60 Pakistani journalists are expected to make the trip across the border. Pakistan had plenty of local support for their World Cup opener against Netherlands here on Friday but no member of their media contingent or fan was present. Karachi-born Mohammad Bashir, who is a US citizen, was seen rooting for Pakistan in the stands. While the ICC is the World Cup organiser, the BCCI is hosting the ODI showpiece. This (visa) is an obligation of our host (BCCI) and they are working hard on it with our full support. Every effort is being made to get this sorted, an ICC Spokesperson told PTI. With a large number of fans expected to travel across the border, the PCB is hoping that the visas will come through before the big game

World Cup 2023 SA vs SL Highlights: Records galore, Proteas win by 102 runs

Cricket World Cup 2023 SA vs SL Highlights: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 102 runs to open their campaign in a high-scoring match that saw 754 runs being scored by both teams

Cricket World Cup 2023, BAN vs AFG Highlights: Tigers start with big win

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 BAN vs AFG Highlights: Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by six wickets with 92 balls to spare as they start their campaign in a big way. Miraz was the star for Tigers

World Cup 2023, PAK vs NED Highlights: Pakistan win easy after poor batting

Pakistan vs Netherlands Highlights, Cricket World Cup: Pakistan were poor with the bat but brilliant with the ball as they defeated the Dutch by 81 runs while defending 286. Bas de Leede shone for NED

Cricket World Cup 2023, PAK vs NED: de Leede's show in vain, Pakistan win

Pakistan defeated the Netherlands after the Dutch threatened to chase the target down with half-centuries from Vikramjit Singh and Bas de Leede. Pakistan's professional bowling prevailed eventually

Chokers tag will stay till we win the Cricket World Cup says, SA's Bavuma

The current South African team members are divided whether the chokers tag applies to them or not but everyone is aware that the narrative will stick with them until the Proteas win a silverware, skipper Temba Bavuma said on Friday. Despite having world class players at their disposal, South Africa have never gone beyond the semifinal stage at the World Cup, earning them the tag of perennial chokers. "I've used it a couple of times but you don't really hear it coming about within the team," Bavuma said when asked if the current group uses the word "choke". "I think there are guys who believe that it applies to this team, there are guys who don't believe that it applies to this team. "The belief amongst the team, that's the most important bit I bring up to just make sure that we're not kind of skirting around the issue that it's something that is there, it's something that will always have to deal with." Bavuma feels the team needs to accept the narrative, which will go away by its